Bush appoints Bolton as U.N. ambassador

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/...ent/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Monday used a recess appointment to name John Bolton the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

"This post is too important to leave vacant any longer," Bush said.

Senate Democrats had blocked Bolton's nomination in a dispute over documents amid accusations that Bolton doesn't have the temperament for the nation's top U.N. post.

Under the Constitution, the president has the power to make temporary appointments without Senate confirmation when Congress goes into recess. Lawmakers began their current break on Friday.

The recess appointment puts Bolton at the United Nations until at least January 2007.

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